Glass-delivering apparatus



Jan, 22, '1924. 1,481,688

J. w., CARNAHAN GLASS DELIVERING APPARATUS Filed July 26 1919 Sheets-Sheet 1 VTNMVW J i f' Jan; 22, 1924. 1,481,688

J. W. CARNAHAN GLAS S DELIVERING APPARATUS Filed July 26, 1919 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan; 22 1924.

J. W., CARNAHAN )GLASS DELIVERING APPARATUS 'Filed July 2e, 1919 3 sheets-sheet 8 Patented dan. 22, lgi.

JHN V71 CRNAHN, 0F BLACKWELL, ELHM.

GLASS-DELEVERXNG AFPARTUS.

Application led July 2@ 1919. Serial No. M3516,

To all whom it may concern f Be it known that l. JQHN W. CARNAHAN,

a citizen of the United States. residing at Blackwell. in the county of Kay and State e of klahon'ia. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Glass-Delivering Apparatus. of which the followingis a. specification. reference being had to the accompanvinpr drawings.

This invention relates to glass furnaces, and particularly to deliveringr mechanism disposed on the snout of the furnace for the purpose of causing the deliver)v of a certain. predetermined qiiantit)Y of molten glass from the snout. and for the purpose of cutting off the glass after this amount has been discharged.

The general object of mv invention is to provide improved means for permitting the molten glass to flow from the snout and cutting it off. and in this connection to provide a vertically reciprocatable plug for this purpose` which plug is made of cla).Y or like material and which. when raised. permits a certain amount of `lass to flow into the space beneath the plug, and which, when lowered,

. Willexpel this `glass from the snout and cut ofi" any further flow of glass.

Another object is to provide improved 52o means for raisin;r and lowering this plug, this means being preferably operated b V compressed air or other motive pressure fluid.

Still another object is to provide a knife Whichis disposed beneath the opening' in the snout and reciprocatable under power across said opening to cut off the glass.

A further object is to provide a knife so mounted that upon an initial -niovement it Wil-l shift across said opening at right angles to the axis thereof and immediately beneath the snout to cut off the glass. then drop downward and then move to its retracted and initial position in order to prevent the knife from leaving any chill marks on they glass and to keep the molten glass from chilling to a degree which will prevent it from being forced through the. snout openingr.

further. object is to provide a knife which will also shift as described. and which is capable of beingr used Where a pocket is to be formed in the knife and the glass forced into the same in order to shape the glass.

further object is to improve the details of construction and arrangement of parts in a glass delivering apparatus of this character, as will appear hereafter.

Mv invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:-

rigure l is a longitudinal sectional View of a glass furnace snout with my improvements applied thereto;

figure 2 is an end elevation of the furnace and the knife operating mechanism;

Figure 3 is a fragmenten-jY side elevation of the knife operating mechanism, showing the knife in its lowered position;

Figure l is a fragmentary horizontal longitudinal section of the forward end of the snout;

lignre. 5 Fleur@ t;

Figure 6 is a 'fragmentary section of the snout and the Water cooled ring;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional View through the knife;

Referring particularlyY to Figures 1 to 5,

is a section on the line 5-5 of 1() designates the snoutof the glass furnace. i

which snout is made of sections of clay. @ne of these sections is til-shaped in form and open at the top. the next section B being also channelled or 'Ul-shaped in form., and the third section C forms the end of the snout and is tra-nsversel;7 rounded. as illustrated in Figure 4. and provided With an opening 1l in its bottom. rThe Wall 12 isI formed with an arcuate chamber 13 so as to provide an inner baille Wall 14, and the outer Wall is provided With ports 15 whereby heating liets mayA discharge against the Wall 14: to keep the, glass Within the snout in a molten condition. :Resting upon the sections B and C is a section D, which is also made of clay. and which' is transverselyr rounded or arched. and which is formed Withan opening 16 for the passage of a plunger. as will be later stated.

Disposed within the opening 11 is a bushing 17. which is made of clay.Y and which rests upon a metallic plate 18 which forms a base plate for the support of the knife, as will be later described. This metallic plate is formed with an opening 1.9,

`Within which is disposed a hollow, annular,

Water cooled plate or bushing; 20 formed with a downwardlvY flaring, central aperture, and having its under face ground and formed with an annular Water chamber 2l,

will

fonder face of this ringA hat the knife operates The plate i8 is attached to the. under ieee the snout i9# in any suitable manner, and is provided with the opening 19,- as before stated, and entends rearward toward the tank E, and at its rear end is provided with downwardly turned ears Q2. Pivoted he tween these ears hy retaining belts 23 is a Compressed air eylinder 2e, having the usual stniiing hoi: 25 its end and having therein a piston 26 carrying a piston rod 2T which, athits extremity, is embraced hy ears 28 eX- tending downward from the knife 29. rlhis rod 27 is pirated to the ears by a transverse hole 30. Thus, when the piston inoves outward the irniie will niove With it, but the lrnife certain amount of play on the piston ro The stuing box has the ears 3l extending downward from it, connected to a piston 3Q operating Within the cylinder 33, this cylinder being mounted on retaining bolts 3e, these in turn being rotatably mounted in doivnin liv extending, relatively long ears g *"rorn the plate 18.

will he ehvions non? that if compressed he admitted to Cylinder 2e behind the pisten 26, the

,le 2Q will he carried 'for- Ward, and that if air he admitted beneath tle lston Within the cylinder 33, the knife ne pressed upward against thel unde sideof plate i8 or against the eenling mounted therein. After the lrnie has i completed its s` nire, if air he released from beneath-lie piston or if alii he admitted on n t. e piston cylinder 33, the knife 'will te the position shown in Figure 3, and tiren nnen the admission el' air in trent of the piston Cylinder i, the knife will he retracted and again raised to its ini- 'tial position by admitting air beneath the piston in cylinder 33.

lisposed within the snout is a plunger 36, which is made of clay oi like material and entends ont, thnongh the opening i6. riThe lower end oi this plunger is reduced in diam-eten at 37, so that. its exterior diameter l s "ne isvery slightly smaller than Jshe interier diameter C the hnshin@` l?. thus 1. n j au providing a shoulder @8 which rests upon the iinvvardly outwardly flaring; upper' face of the hush l? when thev plunger is i its full extent. rrhe nger 3@ is carried Withnieh embraces the re- 'ably made of cast iron and against end is provided with a transverse aperture il designed to receive aV transversely# entending shaft 42, the middle of this shaft being grooved for engagement by a sorew 43 passing through the cap, thus locking this cap and the plunger from transverse Inoveinent on this shaft. The share e2 at its ends is also grooved and is adapted to he rot-atn ably mounted in hearings in the heads ed which, in turn, are carried upon the verticallv extending piston rods 45. rlhese piston rods 45 pass thrnigh suitable stuffing boxes 46 Carried on the upper ends of the cylinders 47. Two of these cylinders l? are disposed one on each side of the snout and rest on the lateral extensions of the plate 18 and are bolted thereto. The piston rods 5 Carry pistons 48, operating in the cylinders. Each cylinder is provided at its upper and lower end with a port whereby steam, conipressed air, or other motive Huid may he ad niitted to the cylinder to force the pistons down or up. 0f course, suitable valves are provided for controlling the flow of Inoive linid.

lt is to he noted that the lower end or the plunger 36 is conical, as at 49, the point of the cone extending out through the clay bushing about when down to Cause the glass to stretch to a narrow nerlr so the glass can he severed orn out easily. fitter the glass is severed, the plug is raised -from l" to 5" above the top of the clay bushing and by [nis upward movement of the plug, the glass is entirely cleaned from the hole in the Clay bushing, and also the small portions adhering to the plug after the cutting off taires place are drawn up into the body of molten glass inse the channel and entirely eliminates the knife mark and eliminates chilled @n the next downward movement oi. the ping, ne glass is clean and free from blisters. raised is determined by the quanti-ij; et' glass requiredto make the dieient. Weight glass-- Ware. fThe shorter the stroke or Vthe plus, she less glass von get. For example. ifthe plug is raised 3f and delivers l() ounces of glass through a 2 hole in the Clay bushing'. then hy raising the plug;A (V 20 ounces o'g glass will he delivered through the 2" hole in the bushing. The bottoni of section C on each side of the bushingY l? he formed with a depression 50 leading' to the Central opening and forming duets,

The lniie 29, as illustrated in Figure i", is hevelled at its cutting edge and' is preien this cnt` ting edge is placed a lolade of high speed tool steel held in place hy' eennzersnnir soreivs, this steel at its edge having e Iground face which hears against the ground aee oi the ring 2G. The discharge opening "through the ring is approximately 3? l normal oir'enrnstanees, the

yrlhe height to which the plug is diameter iframes 29 has a width of approximately 4, the knife being about 6 long and having a stroke of approximately 6".

In theoperation of this invention, molten glass flows 'from 4the tank into the snout and keeps the snout filled to a predetermined level with molten glass, which is kept hot by the gas jets impinging against'the baffle wall 14. lf, it be desired to permit a flow of molten glass from the snout, the plug 36 is raised by admitting air beneath the pistons 48 and this plug raisedto an extent which will just permit the lower end of the plug to lift to allow the glass to flow downward into the space beneath the plug through the channels 50. As soon asthe proper amount of glass has been allowed' to How the plug is depressed, thus `forcing out the glass through the opening in the snout and at the same time the knife 29 is forced across the opening in the plate 18, thus cutting the glass cleanly off at this opening. As soon as this has been done, the knife is lowered to the position shown in Figure 3 and then retracted to its original position. By lowering the knife immediately after it has made its severing stroke and dropping it in order to make its return stroke, l avoid leaving any chillmarks on the glass andalso keep the glass above the knife from chilling so that the glasscannot be forced through the opening. By lowering the knlfe on making its return stroke, rapid Wear of the knife is also eliminated, it being understood that the knife is retracted as soon as it is lowered.

Compressed air is preferably used for the purpose of operating the plug and operating the knife, but l do not Wish to be limited to the use of compressed air or other motive Huid, as mechanical means might be used for the purpose, nor do l wish tolbe limited to the particular shape of the knife.

Une of the particular advantages of my mechanism is due to the fact that the glass is delivered into the mold Without coming in contact with any metal which would cause chill or cold marks to appear in the. finished product. The only metal coming in contact with the glass is the cutting edge of the knife and the stream of glass with which the knife comes in contact is not more than 1/4 in diameter and drips from the comcal point of theplug. 0f course, 1t1s' understood that Ywhen molten glass comes 1n contact with iron or steel, it immediately chills and will not-flow correctly. It will be seen from Figure 7 that the metal ring 20 1s upwardly flared so that all but the upper corner of the opening through that rlng is larger than theopening through. the bushing 17. rlfhus, the glass does not Contact with this ring. It will be understood, of course, that all of the cylinders 24, 33 and 47 are provided with two ports, one at each end, so that the cylinders are double acting cylinders controlled by motive pressure, the control of the fluid entering the cylinders being by means of a motor operated valve `movement, not illustrated, and forming no part of the present invention.

l claim l. ln a glass furnace, a snout having a discharge opening in its bottom and an opening in its top in axial alignment with the discharge opening, and a plug controlling passage through the discharge opening disposed within the snout and extending upward through the second named opening, the lower end of the plug having a reduced poi` tionitting the discharge opening and providing a shoulder adapted to rest upon the material around the wall of the discharge opening, the lower face of the plug being conical.

2. ln a glass furnace, a snout having a. discharge opening in its bottom, a vertically movable plug controlling passage through the'discharge opening, and means for raising or lowering the plug including cylinders disposed on each side of the snout, and

-pressure operated pistons disposed in said cylinders and having piston rods operatively connected at their upper ends to the plug. I

3. ln a glass furnace, a snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, a vertically movable plug controlling passage through the discharge opening and reduced in diameter at its lower end to tit the discharge opening and provide ashoulder adapted to rest upon the wall defining a discharge opening, and means for raising or lowering the plug` including cylinders disposed on each side of the snout, pressure operated pistons disposed in said cylinders and having piston rods operatively connected at their upper ends to the plug.

4. ln a glass furnace, a snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, a vertically movable plug controlling passage through the discharge opening and reduced in diameter at its lower end to fit the discharge opening and provide a shoulder adapted to rest upon the wall defining a discharge opening, the plug being of refractory material, a capvclamping the upper end of the plug and having a transverse passage, a cross bar extending through said passage and with which the cap is engaged, cylinders disposed on each side of the snout, pressure operated pistons disposed in said cylinders and having piston rods operatively connected to the cross bar.

In a glass furnace. a snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, a vertically movable plugr controlling passage through llO the discharge opening, the plug being of rel sage, across bar extending through said passage and with which the cap is engaged, cylinders disposed on each side of the snout, and pressure operated pistons disposed in .said cylinders and having piston rods operatively connected to the cross bar.

6. A glass furnace snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, a bushing of refractory, non-metallic material disposed within said opening, a metallic plate disposed j against the bottom of the snout and having an opening coinciding ivith the opening in the bushing, said opening in the metallic plate at its upper end being slightly larger in diameter than the diameter of the opening in the bushing and flaring downward. and a vertically movable plug of refractory1 material disposed Within the snout and reduced at its loiver end to lit said discharge opening in the bushing and formed with a shoulder to rest upon the upper face of the bushing, theiloiver end of the plug being downwardly tapering to a point, and means for raising or lowering the plug.

7. A snout for glass furnaces formed of sections of refractory material. said sections being channel-shaped and the end section being formed with a double Wall and having apertures whereby blasts of gas may be directed against the inner portion of said double Wall to heat the contents of the snout, said end section being formed with a discharge opening. a channel-shaped top section having an opening in alignment with the bottom opening. and a plug controlling the Ydischarge through the bottom opening and extending upward through the upper opening, said plug being vertically shiftable.

8. rlhe combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening, of a knife cutting olf the glass discharge through the opening, and means for shifting the knife transversely across the opening and then lowering the knife away from the discharge opening and returning it to its initial position.

9. The combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening, of a knife cutting off the glass projected from said opening, and manually controlled means for shifting the knife across the opening, then lowering thc knife, then retracting the knife, and then raising it to its initial position.

l0. rllhe combination with a glass furnace having a'. discharge opening, of means for cutting off the glass at said discharge opening comprising a knife, a cylinder pivotally mounted for movement in a vertical plane and having a piston and piston rod. a knife pivotally mounted upon the piston rod and movable by the piston across the opening of the snout. a pivotally mounted` vfertically disposed cylinder and a piston and piston rod Lrein, the piston rod being pivotally connected to the first named cylinder, and mannresinas ally controlled means for controlling the passage of motive fluid into said cylinders to cause the projection and retraction of the piston in the first named cylinder and the vertical movement of the piston in the second named cylinder.

'11. The combination ivith a glass furnace snout having` a discharge opening in its bot-- tom, of a base plate mounted upon the bottom and having anopening coinciding with the opening in the snout. ears extending dovvn- Ward from the base plate, a, cylinder disposed approximately parallel to the plate and pivotally mounted between said ears. a piston therein having a forwardly projecting piston rod. a knife blade pivotally mounted upon said piston rod and adapted to slide against the face of the base plate and across the opening therein. a pivotally supported, vertically disposed cylinder having rocking` movement iu the Same plane as the plane of movement of the first named piston rod, and a piston and piston rozl therein, the piston rod being pivotally connected to the first named cylinder. and means for manually controlling passage of motive fluid to said cylinders to cause the projection or the retraction of the pistons therein.

l2. The combination with a glass furnace snout hai-Jing a discharge opening in its bottom. of a metallic base plate mounted upon the under face of the snout and having an opening coinciding With the opening in the bottom. a vater cooled ring disposed in the base plate, a knife operating against the face of the base plate. and manually controlled means for shifting the knife in one direction across the face of the base plate to cut oil the glass, then lower the knife, and then retract and raise thc knife to its initial position.

lil. The combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening in its bottom. of a metallic base plate mounted upon the under face of the snout and having an openingcoinciding with thc opening iu the bottom, a water cooled ring disposed in the base plate, a knife operating across the face of the base plate. and manually controlled means for shifting the knife in one direction across the face of the base plate to cut off the glass. then loiver the knife. and then retract and raise the knife to its initial position` the under face of the ring being ground, and the knife blade at its extremity having a section of hard steel forming a cutting edge coacting `with said ground face.

le. The combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening` a vertically movable plug controlling passage through the discharge opening, the loivlcr end of the plug being conical and terminatiing in a point. the apen of the conical end of the plug extending dovvnivard and being centrale/'ith respect to the discharge open# ing, means for raising or lowering 'the plug,

Matese u openin immediately below the apex of the plug W en the'plug is lowered.

15. The combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening, a vertically movable plug controlling passage through the discharge opening, the lower end of the plug being conical and terminating in a point, and means for raising or lowering the plug, and a knife moving across the axis of said discharge opening.

16, ln a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, a metallic plate mounted upon the under face of the snout and having an opening coinciding with the opening in the bottom, a vertically movable plug disposed within the snout, reduced at its lower end to fit the discharge opening, the lower extremity of said plug being downwardly conical and terminating in a point, and a knife movingacross the under face of the metallic plate and in its movement intersecting theaxis of the dischargeopening.

17. 'llhe combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, of a base plate mounted upon the bottom and havingan opening coinciding with the opening in the snout, a vertically movable plug disposed 'within the snout and reduced at its lower end to lit said discharge opening and having a downwardly tapering conical lower extremity` pressure operated means for raising and lowering the plug, a knife mounted upon the base plate for reciprocation across the axis of the discharge opening and against the base plate and slightly below the apex of the conical lower end of the plug, and means for reciprocating said knife. A

18. The combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, of a base plate mounted upon the bottom and having an openingcoinciding with the opening in the snout, a vertically movable plug disposed within the snout and reduced at its lower end to fit said discharge opening and having a downwardly conical lower extremity, pressure operated means for raising and lowering the plug, a knife mounted upon the base plate for reciprocation across the axis of `the discharge opening and against the base plate, and fluid operated means for shifting the knife in Contact with the base plate and across the discharge opening to cut off the thread of glass depending from the conical extremity of the plug, then lowering the knife and retracting and raising it to its initial position.

19. The combination with a glass furnace snout having a discharge opening in its bottom, of an annular bushing of refractory material disposed in said discharge opening and through which the glass passes, a metallic plate in the bottom of the snout having'an outwardly and downwardly iiared opening larger than the opening of the bushing, means for cooling said plate, a vertically shiftable plug disposed within the snout and having its lower end reduced to form a portion fitting the lower end of the bushing, a shoulder above said bushing, adapted when the plug is lowered, to rest on the bushing and cut o' the ow of lass therethrough, the lower end of the plug aving the form of an inverted cone, and a knife disposed against the metallic plate and reciprocable across the axis of the opening therethrough and below the conical lower end of the plug when the latter is lowered to thereby cut oli the thread of glass depending from the extremity of the plug when the plug is lowered.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto aihx my signature.

JOHN W. CRNAHAN. 

